Celebrating Bastille Day

Too hot today to do the can-can, so I pulled together a big pot of ratatouille from SIMPLE FRENCH COOKING. The eggplant prep was far easier than in other recipes: slice, brush with olive oil, broil on both sides 'til brown, chop in 1" pieces. These herbes de Provence Leigh gave me a couple of Christmases ago are still fragrant and put the Provençal sunshine in the stew. Bonne fête!